Quote of the Day
“If this doesn’t work for Mr.
Sanders, and he wants
to choose the News-Press
over our deal, fine.”
-- NFL Network Communications Dir Seth Palansky, on the net not allowing Deion Sanders to write football columns for the newspaper because of its exclusive contract with him (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 7/31).
Top Stories
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In its continued effort for the U.S. men's soccer team to become more successful at the World Cup level, the USSF is embarking on a new youth initiative to form a nationwide development academy. In other soccer news, FC Dallas is scrambling to placate fans who bought tickets to tonight's SuperLiga match against the Galaxy expecting to see David Beckham.
Tunnel Of Love
Panthers’ addition of 206 lower-level seats expected to bring in $3.2M in new revenue.
Cash Register
Revenue up at Versus, but increased programming costs help negate any profit; meanwhile, did anyone notice net losing Tour de France feed during final leg?
Niketown Suit Settled
Nike agrees to pay $7.6M to settle race discrimination suit filed by current and former Niketown employees in Chicago.
Fast Break
Some wonder why sponsors were so quick to pull plug on Michael Vick, while giving likes of Kobe Bryant and Ray Lewis benefit of the doubt.
Ad In
Study on TNT's "Wide Open" NASCAR coverage shows bump in exposure for advertisers.
Spirit Of Giving
Dodgers launch first official charity based on model of Red Sox’ successful Jimmy Fund.
The California Kid
NFL luminaries expound on influence Bill Walsh.
